Bertolt Brecht: Bertolt Brecht Before The Committee on Un-American Activities. An Historical Encounter: Presented by Eric Bentley

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Kunstner	Bertolt Brecht
Titel	Bertolt Brecht Before The Committee on Un-American Activities. An Historical Encounter: Presented by Eric Bentley
Label	Folkways Records
Format	LP
Udgivelsesår	1967
Katalognummer	FD 5531
Pris	750 kr. / 100 €
Beskrivelse	Still Factory Sealed Orig. U.S. Copy in Perfect Condition. In the years of the Cold War and "red scare", the House Un-American Activities Committee called Brecht to account for his communist allegiances, and he was soon blacklisted by movie studio bosses. Brecht, along with about 41 other Hollywood writers, directors, actors and producers, was subpoenaed to appear before the HUAC in September 1947. Initially, Brecht was one of 19 witnesses who declared that they would refuse to testify about their political affiliations. Eleven members of this group were actually questioned on this point but, as Brecht later explained, he did not want to delay a planned trip to Europe, so he followed the advice of attorneys and broke with his earlier avowal. On October 30, 1947, he appeared before the committee and testified that he had never actually held party membership. During his appearance before the committee, Brecht wore overalls and smoked an acrid cigar that made some of the committee members feel slightly ill. He made wry jokes throughout the proceedings, punctuating his inability to speak English well with continuous references to the translators present, who transformed his German statements into English ones unintelligible to himself. Reference: Wikipedia
Genre	spoken word, german,
Pladens stand	Still sealed (SS)
Coverets stand	Still sealed (SS)
Label stand	Still sealed (SS)
Internt nummer	H101433